HOPE – Hope Public Schools District car line and school bus transportation schedules and queues will remain generally unchanged for the 2019-2020 school year.
Construction expected to occur along the 600 block of West Sixth Street at the Hope Academy of Public Service campus may foster changes at HAPS later in the year.
“There will not be any changes until we know about Sixth Street,” HAPS Principal Dr. Carol Ann Duke said.
Parents should contact their child’s campus office to learn about any changes in bus routes, HPSD Transportation Director Maurice Henry said.
“We encourage parents to get to know their child’s bus driver,” Henry said.
Parents should use the “Here Comes the Bus” application online to learn more specific information regarding their child’s pickup and delivery. Henry said a link to the application will be made available on each campus website.
Henry also asks that parents of young students, particularly kindergarten-age, to accompany children to daily pickup and drop off sites for safety purposes; and, parents should arrive five to 10 minutes early each day for both pickup and drop off to enhance student safety.
Henry said copies of the district transportation handbook will be available to students during Open House on Aug. 8. Classes will begin on Aug. 13.
HAPS
Hope Academy of Public Service students arriving by car should arrive at 7:15 a.m.be via the Seventh Street parking lot, and enter the building on the Grady Street side, HAPS Principal Dr. Carol Ann Duke said. Parents should exit the parking lot via Seventh Street without blocking the bus loop on Washington Street, Duke said.
She said car riders depart from campus via the Seventh Street parking lot.
Bus riders will arrive at 7 a.m. via the bus loop on the Washington Street side of the campus, and will depart at the same place.
Staff parking is on the Seventh Street parking lot at the rear of the campus, and visitor parking is at the Sixth and Washington streets side parking lot. Handicapped parking spaces are provided near the Sixth and Grady streets intersection.
Parking along the frontage of Sixth Street is not allowed by city ordinance; and, will be affected by the planned work on that section of Sixth Street.